Percy family

The Percies settled permanently in England from Normandy in the 11th century. Since then their charm, battle prowess and presumed notoriety has indelably marked and coloured the fabric of English history, a history that today a thousand years later is still so very much alive. Whether on the landscape of Northumberland or from within the corridors of power at Court, the blood and glory of their conflicts is remembered by some of the fiercest battles ever to be fought on English soil. The Percies keeness to fight and their skill in battle was permanently etched into their makeup, it was almost as though the neccessity to protect their hard won lands, honour and power had embedded itself in their blood and it was their fierce protection and control of the Northern border with Scotland that brought them such a an envious reputation. . ... more

The life of Hotspur de Percy, his battles against the Scots, and his conflict with Bolingbroke

George Percy in Viginia during the "starving times"

Alnwick Castle has been under the control of the Percy Family since 1309

• A1. Mainfred de Percy;  ==>  Normans
  • B1. Geoffrey de Percy;
    • C1. William de Percy, d:1097 Jerusalem, m. Emma de Port;
      • D1. Alan de Percy, lvd:1069/1120, m. Emma de Gaunt;
        • E1. William de Percy, lvd:112/1168, m. Adelaide de Clare;  ==>  de Clare family
          • F1. Agnes de Percy, d:1204, m. Josceline of Louvain;  <==  Trastamara
            • G1. Henry de Percy, d:1198, m. Isabel de Brus;
              • H1. William de Percy of Topcliffe, lvd:1193/1245, m. Ellen de Baliol;
                • I1. Sir Henry de Percy, lvd:1235/1273, m. Eleanor Plantagenet;  ==>  Plantagenet
                  • J1. Henry de Percy, 1st Lord of Alnwick, Regent of England, lvd:1273/1315, m. Eleanor of Arundel;  ==>  FitzAlan family
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  • K1. Henry de Percy, 2nd Lord of Alnwick, lvd:1301/1352, m. Idonia Clifford;  ==>  Clifford family
    • L1. Alianore de Percy, m. John FitzWalter;  ==>  FitzWalter family
    • L2. Henry de Percy, 3rd Lord of Alnwick, lvd:1320/1368, m. Mary Plantagenet;  ==>  Plantagenet
      • M1. Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, lvd:1342/1408, m. Margaret Neville;  ==>  Neville family
        • N1. Henry 'Hotspur' Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, lvd:1364/1403, m. Elizabeth Mortimer;  ==>  Mortimer family
          • O1. Elizabeth Percy, m. John de Clifford;  ==>  Clifford family
          • O2. Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, lvd:1393/1455, m. Eleanor Neville;  ==>  Neville family
            • P1. Anne Percy, m. Sir Thomas Hungerford;  <==  Hungerford family
            • P2. Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, lvd:1421/1461, m. Eleanor de Poynings;
              • Q1. Margaret Percy, m. Sir William Gascoigne;  <==  Gascoigne family
              • Q2. Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, lvd:1449/1489, m. Maud Herbert;
                • R1. Alianore Percy, m. Edward Stafford;  <==  Stafford family
                • R2. Henry Algernon Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland, lvd:1478/1527, m. Catherine Spencer;
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    • S1. Sir Thomas Percy, d:1537, m. Eleanor Harbottle;
      • T1. Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland, lvd:1532/1585, m. Catherine Neville;  ==>  Neville family
        • U1. Sir George Percy, lvd:1580/1632, m. Anne Floyd;
          • V1. Anne Percy, m. Captain Thomas West;  <==  West family

In 1607 Sir George Percy was among the first group of 105 English colonists to settle the Jamestown Colony.